Ontario premier-designate Kathleen Wynne’s recent victory has been described as historic in may circles. Wynne is not only the first female premier of...
Author - Mansoor Ladha
Mansoor Ladha is a Calgary-based journalist and author of A Portrait in Pluralism: Aga Khan’s Shia Ismaili Muslims.
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Can Obama’s gun control plan reduce violence in U.S.?
Politics makes strange bedfellows, as they say. A classical example of this is the U.S. where the nation is divided in coming up with gun control proposals...
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Now that hockey is back…
You don’t miss it until it’s no longer available and that was the story of NHL hockey lockout, which wiped out the first four months of what should...
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Myths about Muslims proved wrong
“The Muslims are coming! The Muslims are coming!” This used to be the battle cry and anti-Muslim euphoria gripping Europe and the U.S. as aftermath...
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Indian Spring that was long overdue
The 23-year-old Indian rape victim, whose name has not been released by police, has been compared to Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor who set off...
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Gun control my top New Year’s resolution
Now that everyone has had a good festive season and enjoyed the festival treats, it’s time to take stock. Most of us would be a few pounds heavier due to...
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Time to cure the U.S. gun sickness
Christmas is a happy time to get together with family and friends, but the recent massacre of 20 innocent children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, puts...
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Aren’t you glad you haven’t won a million?
Two resident of the U.S. were fortunate to win the top prize in the Power ball jackpot recently. The winners – one in Arizona and another in Missouri –...
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World leaders highlight chronic sanitation issue
The World Toilet Summit 2012, the first for Africa, was held December 3-6 in Durban, South Africa, to muster the individual and collective minds of academia...
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President here to woo Tanzania diaspora
Idi Amin of Uganda gave all Asians in East Africa a wake-up call in 1972; if you live in Uganda, we don’t want you because you are not black. So he...